Date & Time: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:00 – 11:00 AM EST | 14:00 – 15:00 GMT Presented by: Jennifer Shkabatur (World Bank) Jay Bhalla (Project Manager, Code 4 Kenya) Register to join the webinar here Sponsored by: OGP Networking Mechanism (Global Integrity) & World Bank Institute To JOIN the session on Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Alex Howard’s article was originally posted on his e-pluribusunum blog on May 17. “Inevitably, there will be questions about what we are each prepared to sign up to,” said British Prime Minister David Cameron in January, in his letter to his fellow G8 leaders. For months later, Russia has made clear it clear what it wasn’t willing
The following post is one of nine articles published for a special supplement, Innovating Government on a Global Stage, produced for the Open Government Partnership in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). To view the original post, please visit the SSIR website. On September 26, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of the Open Government Partnership (OGP),
CSC Newsletter April 2013 No. 7 by emilenemartinez17
Only a week after Hungary presented its OGP action plan in London, MPs of the governing Fidesz party initiated the amendment of the Freedom Of Information (FOI) act watering down existing legislation by limiting access to data of public interest for only two government oversight bodies, the State Audit Office (ÁSZ) and the Government Control
Je suis un Québécois et je crois vraiment aux données ouvertes et au gouvernement ouvert. Il existe plusieurs initiatives qui vont en ce sens dans la communauté francophone. Les réseaux sociaux et le web 2.0 sont d’une grande aide pour la transparence et la participation, mais je pense que cela pourrait être optimisé afin
Speaking at an Open Government Partnership reception this week in London, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web, unveiled details of the first ever in-depth study into how the power of open data can be harnessed to tackle social challenges in the developing world. The study will report in 2014. The occasion was doubly significant as it also marked the submission of
Nothing is more beneficial during a modern disaster than public participation. As the saying goes, “two minds are better than one.” When it comes to social media, millions of minds come together to solve problems, seek out answers, and disseminate vital information. As has been evident in recent days, the public has played a key